Tour 2011, Day 1

Just a brief note. We left Ullapool along the A835 - some definite climbs - before turning off on an unclassified road to Achiltibuie. Lovely road, stopped to brew up a cuppa on our trusty Trangia. Pressed on to Achilibuie, but couldn't find any B&B accommodation. We backtracked to the Lochinver turnoff, then spent 12 miles of really beautiful but challenging cycling to reach Lochinver. We stopped to heat up some lunch, but got overrun by a shower, which curtailed this culinary extravaganza. We also had an impassive audience of nosey-parker sheep. Found a B&B in Lochinver, then had beers and dinner (local scallops on black pudding mash) 43miles